Vehicle-spring.



PATENTED MAY 19, 1908.

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M, M. MCINTYRB.

VEHICLE SPRING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2,1906.

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MICHAEL M. Mynz'rrrm, coMPiiN Y,

OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOB T() THE lURlEGTION SPRING OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION F OHIO.

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Application .filed June 2, 1966.

Specnbion ol. Lettere Patent.

serial No. 319,814.

T 0 all whom. 'it may concern:

Be it known luill, Micniru. lil.. Mc ii- TYRE, :i eitlzen o'llhe United Blutes, residing at Cleveland, in the couniy oi (I ahoga. u id State of hio, have invenied u eert-nin new and useful improvement in Vehieleipriugs, of which the following is u full, eleur, und exact description, reference being hud to the accompanying drewings..

My invention relaes to re'nirle springs, and has for its object to provide usiniug composed of two or more individuaii ineml bers amd 'to so unite, ronsirnet., und suiiipori. sii-id members us to periuiteusjv* und free relntive movement of the ends oi' the spring members :is Well :is bodily lonirirudin'fii move mentof the said members support without. impliiring the physiiul prei erties oi' said members.

.Generally speaking, the iuvenion muy he defined :is consisting'ol the. combinations ol elements, for the. purpose. sperilir-il, embodied in `the. claims hereto annexed.

In the accompanying drawings. l\`i uro l represents n side elevation ol' one loi-m ol' spring'constructed iuheeordnnre with nii' invention; Fig. 2 is n siuiilur View ol' u modilication oli the forni oil spring shown in the preceding ligure; Fig. I5 is u .lirugiudinul seetiionsl View through ihe linli's or simi-hiel; ol' Fig. 1, and .Figfi yis zi siniilur vieu' through the links or shackles ol Fig. E.

Describir).g the. parts by relereuie -:lmrin-,- ters, represents s. port-ion oi die fi-unie oi' n vehieie. nivingjf su ports 2 nid R. ier llie ends Iritiie embodiment. herein disclosed, the supports 2 und .T3 ure the ouin riders or hangers oi un automobile.

Aspring member.

4 denotes the axle o1' the vehicle lo which are secured, us by clips 5, die storingv menibers 6 und 7, the former ol' which will desig nate I:is the carrier spring member, und the latter as the passenger or load These spring members :1re s o constructed and designed tlnil, the .member 6 carries the greater proportion ol' the weight of the unloaded vehicle, and the member 7 L relatively smnller proportion oi suela 1M as fully set forth sind ex luined' in my cation No. 247,286, filer Feb. .l'lf., h L

In Fig. 1, the upper or carrier spring' member is provided at each end with in o vf- 8 embracing s pin l) carried hv n shui'lal.

relatively to their i springl member in this w ends ol which erfigz 4iailly ronneoted 'io mi.

ing in scrolls 1l., the ends of which nre un or toward the uxle wil' 'espeet to the be of the scrolls and are connected ilo lle pins 763 of slnirliles comprising the side links i3, by eyes 14. The upper ends of the links 3.3 muy be iivoted lo lire bolli or yin l5 which is mi ried by one. of iin; hangers il or und sup ports the iower ends: of the shurlde. links i0. .fis will appesi' .from Fig. L. xvliirh represents ihe nosiions ol the @urls with no loud on the vehicle, the .louer ends of llie short shawl-les or links 13 um slightly outside divertirsi lines extending doii'nii'urdly from the. vpins or bolts l5. Under loud, "..lio lower ends of lilie scrolls move iniiurdly uniil the lower ends of the. links or shackles nre subsnntiuiiy in e,

Vertical line drnwn lroni they pivot vpin or Jolt he :'ow neriug: oi the scroll spiii uouilwr lo ii link or sluirliie. :lem-indi! l.oin lhe hung-r en ubles the si'i'oll to e mud :ind fnoiilrnri. ver- Lieully under condil ms oi use vfillioui being obstructed by the fraunol' the vehicle 2. Ai. the, sinne time, tire ends ol' the spring; inemhers are free. lao anni' ridutively lo euch other, und the axle muy move bodily bnelnvurd und i'orwerd under the iniluence of u radius rod without injury to the spring ends. .in Fig. 3, the saine results are ueconiplislied by the use of two seu1i-elliplio spring members, the upper member ii" oi which is substantially ideniiesi in oonsirurtion with the upper uuuulwr ol' the spring shown in Fig. l, und han: iswnds provided with eyes S" euibrnringg; puri *i ol' linlis or sluurlrles i0", supporled from l liungers L, 3, hy}rins 15, in the sume im 1er us the corres wond- "lv numbered purisi. 1. As vlieliowor ins no scrolls comprising the double .links il), the ,lou-er l 'Lendinghroughhelinie; vsiiaekles l0,suid

iiie sinieides lie jinopposite directions links or shackles may be shorter than those ,shown in Fig. 1.

The lower spring member 7 isa semielliptic spring, but the ends il@ thereotere more ilexible than the ends of spring meme ber 6E, and the spring is designed to operate, in the matter oi supporting the load and Vehicle, in the seme general manner as spring' member 7. The ends of 7p' are connected to linlrs or shackles 13 depending from the hangers 2a, 3', by eyes Een, embracing pins 12a, and the s rings and links are so proportioned that the inks will be in a substantially yertical line with their point of connection with the hanger when the spring members are deflected under maximum load. Sliaclrles' 13 and 13 may be provided with any means for preventing them 'from cnpsi'zing under the rebound of the vehicle.

Having described my invention, l claim:

l. The combination, with the hangers or outriders of a Vehicle, of an upper and lower spring 'member clamped together to form a unite-ry structure, links or shackles extending upwardly from seid hangers or outriders and connected to the ends oi the upper spring member, and links or sheclzles entendinK downwardly `from said hangers or out# ri ers, the lower spring member terminating in scrolls, the ends of which connected to the last mentioned links or shackles, sub stanti-ally as specified.

2. The combination. W h the henger or cutrider of a Vehicle, ci an ripper semi-elliptic and a lower scroll spring member connected together to form e unitary structure, end a pair of links or shackles pivoted to said hanger or outrider and et-tending inv opposite directions therefrom, ie linlr or shackle lbeing' connected with the adjacent end of the nnper spring member and the ether linlr or snaclrle being connected with the adjacent end oi the lower spring member,snbsten tially as described.

3. The combination, with the freine and erde of e Vehicle. of a pair of spring members supported from seid erle, one. oi seid menibers baring scrollends, hangers 4carried by seid treme, and linlrs or shackles extending ironi seid hangers and OIL,

pair of spring members supported from said 'aXle, one oi" said members having a scroll end, a hanger carried by said frame, endl links or shackles extending in opposite directionsfrom said hanger and connected respectively to the cnil of the scroll and the corresponding end of the other spring member, substantially as specified.

l 5. The ccmbinatiomwith the frame andy axle of a vehicle, of a pair of spring members supported by said axle, a hanger carried by said treme, and swinging shackles extending in opposite directions from said hanger and connected to the corresponding ends of said spring members, each shackle comprising a pair of links, the links of one of said shackles being pivoted within the links of the other substantially specified.

A double spring for Vehicles comprising a pair of spring members connected together at their body portions,'one of said members being provided with a scroll end, and a pcir of shackles connecting the adjacent ends of said members, said shackles being pivotelly connected et a point intermediate of the ends of the spring members and extending in opposite directions from their point of connection to said spring ends, substantially es specified.

7. The combination, with the frame and axle of s Vehicle, of a pair of spring members supported by seid axle, one of said spring members having scroll ends, and a separate flexible connection extendingbetween each end of each of said members and seid frame, the ends proper of the scrolls extending inwardly or toward the axle with respect to the bodies of the scrolls substantially as speciiied, i

, ln testimony whereof, I hereunto aliix my signature "1n 'the presence of two Witnesses.

MICHAEL M. MCNTYRE.

lil"itnesses 1 J. E. HULL. 

